#nightlife

#nightlife

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Night-owls will have the chance to dance along to an eclectic mix of electronic and pop music under the same roof as the gallery's more than 2,300 paintings, dating as far back as the mid-13th century. If that wasn't enough, the set will be headlined by Soundcloud DJ Mia Lily, as well as RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 2 star Bimini Bon-Boulash, better known simply as Bimini.

At its peak, XOYO in Shoreditch was one of the best nightclubs in London, playing host to residencies from the likes of Benji B, Andy C, Artwork, Bradley Zero, Skream, Bicep and The Blessed Madonna. However the club struggled to maintain that level of cultural relevance post-pandemic and declined in popularity as it became a more commercial venue. At the end of last year, XOYO (along with other London venue The Camden Assembly) was acquired by the newly formed Propaganda Independent Venues group,

When Harun Coffee reopened on Friday, January 9, after closing in 2023, it marked the return of a Leimert Park institution. The newest Harun iteration transforms the South Los Angeles cafe into a community hangout that operates as a daytime coffee destination and a nighttime lounge in a vibrant section of Leimert Park. Harun opened in 2019 and closed its doors in 2023 due to operational challenges during a difficult time for Los Angeles businesses amid the pandemic.

Every Thursday Through January 1st. Submitted by the Event Organizer Free Thursday Party featuring DJs spinning House, Disco, Remixes, Currents, Classics and more every Thursday at White Rabbit. Join us at White Rabbit on Thursdays for Inner Circle, a weekly get-together dedicated to the DJ and a love for dance music. No cover. No worries! Inner Circle Thursdays Every Thursday | 9pm 'til late White Rabbit, 3138 Fillmore St., SF Inner Circle is alwaysFree with RSVP

It's only a small rectangular sticker, but it symbolises a joyous sense of resistance. Some of Berlin's most renowned clubs have long insisted that the camera lenses on their clientele's phones must be covered up using this simple method, to ensure that everyone is present in the moment and people can let go without fear of their image suddenly appearing on some online platform.

Like a generational boxer moving through the ranks, reaching the pinnacle of each weight class before moving on to the next, tougher matchup, Tallboy's rise in the East Bay nightlife scene has been meteoric. But, instead of using jabs, hooks and slips to get there, it's dishing out martinis, vegan hot dogs, free popcorn and revelry. In addition to more than a half dozen martinis, the Tallboy menu includes alcoholic slushies, house jello shots, and creative cocktails like the Pretty Privilege, with Maker's Mark, Aperol, oloroso, strawberry, rhubarb and lemon.

We Angelenos are spoiled for choice of stellar cuisines. Los Angeles is, of course, famous for amazing and authentic Mexican food, but it also offers incredible Japanese, Middle Eastern, Thai, Italian, and Ethiopian food - and that's just the tip of the iceberg, excluding the state's own California cuisine borne out of our bounty of stellar produce, meats, and seafood.

Your middle square celebrity is the rare SF drag queen on Season 14 runner-up Lady Camden. It's all hosted by Sister Roma, and other celebrity square-fillers include Broke-Ass Stuart, Elvis Herselvis drag king Leigh Crow, one-time Cockette Scrumbly Koldewyn, standup comic Shanti Charan, male go-go dancer JR Topdog, Cannabis Patient Number One Wayne Justmann, star Shane Zal Diva, and local drag queen Juicy Liu.

Every Thursday from 9 pm to 2 am at the Cat Club, it's the best of the '80s in two rooms with the coolest music and the best crowd in town. DJs Damon and Mr Washington spin '80s pop, rock, and one hit wonders in the front room, along with DJ Dangerous Dan and weekly special guests spinning the best underground '80s, goth, industrial, synth-pop, electo music and videos in the back with two video screens.

Don't be surprised if you run into Halloween movie killer Michael Myers at O'Flaherty's Pub in downtown San Jose. The masked slasher is all over the San Pedro Square bar just one of several watering holes downtown with themes of spooky movies and TV shows to get patrons into the Halloween spirit (or spirits, I guess). Besides O'Flaherty's, other San Pedro Square bars owned by the Nuvo Hospitality group have gotten into the fun.

Stone Street will host its first Halloween Bar Fest. Photo via Getty Images While children trick-or-treat on Oct. 31, adults can spend their Halloweekend participating in boozy activities and letting loose their inner child. Stone Street will host its first Halloween Bar Fest on Nov. 1 from 2 to 8 p.m. Presented by Mad City Bar Fest, several bars will come together to serve the 21-and-older community in an outdoor event featuring games, photo booths and a variety of drink specials.

For starters, Avalon is a food lover's playground. Start your day with Colombian coffee from Magnifico Coffee Roasters, then walk across the street to Loaf Lounge-the owner was a pastry consultant for The Bear. Craving something savory? Grab steamed buns at Joong Boo Market or dive into one of the city's most creative burgers at Kuma's Corner. If you're into vinyl and chef-created snacks, Parachute HiFi pairs Korean-American bites with an excellent record selection.

The clubs are strict they have security guards, and apparently everyone expects you to wear high heels and tiny dresses, neither of which are really my style. On two occasions, my friends and their tiny dresses were approved by the bouncer, but my mom jeans and I were not. I was embarrassed, but the fact that my friends decided not to go in made me feel a lot better.